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Matthew 17:18

Matthew 17:18
And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Jesus rebuked the devil,.... The words may indeed be rendered, "and Jesus rebuked him, and the devil departed out of him"; so the Vulgate Latin, and the Oriental versions; but the sense our…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And Jesus rebuked the devil - The word “rebuke” has the combined force of reproving and commanding. He reproved him for having afflicted the child, and he commanded him to come out of him. Mark Mar…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Matthew 17:14-21

We have here the miraculous cure of a child that was lunatic and vexed with a devil. Observe,

I. A melancholy representation of the case of this child, made to Christ by the afflicted father. This was…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Matthew 17:14-21

A Lunatic Child is cured

Mar 9:14-29, where the scene and the symptoms of the disease are described with great particularity. Luk 9:37-42.